Maximilian Karl Joseph Franz de Paula Hieronymus de Garnerin de la Thuile, Count von Montgelas was a Bavarian statesman, a member of a noble family from the Duchy of Savoy. His father John Sigmund Garnerin, Baron Montgelas, entered the military service of Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria, and married the Countess Ursula von Trauner. Maximilian Josef, their eldest son, was born in the Bavarian capital Munich on September 10, 1759.
- Occupation
- politician, jurist, historian
- Position held
- Minister-President of Bavaria
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Born
- September 12, 1759, 1759, September 12, 1759